Spin Me a Spinner by Richie Benaud

Spin Me a Spinner

by Richie Benaud

Hodder and Stoughton, 1963, black and white photographic plates, paperback

Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions, bookshop stamp to bottom of half title page, age toned pages, creasing to covers (See photographs)

“He is easily the most successful of modern spin bowlers, a brilliant middle order batsman, and preeminent among gully fieldsmen.  He is also Australia’s match-winning captain, and an imaginative, attacking leader.
But Benaud is more than just a successful cricketer.  He is a fully rained and qualified journalist, who has sought to climb the ladder in his profession via the tough everyday reporting school in his home town of Sydney, and not through the back door, trading on his name.”